When, on the very last page of Mirkheim, Chee Lan says:
"'We enjoyed the trader game as long as that lasted.'"
-Poul Anderson, Mirkheim IN Anderson, Rise Of The Terran Empire (Riverdale, NY, 2011), pp. 1-291 AT XXI, p. 291 -
- she and we reminisce about the entire trader team series which had begun with "The Trouble Twisters" in the previous volume of the Saga whereas, when the Centaurianess says:
"'It vas fun vile it lasted, our romp, vasn't it?'"
-"Captive of the Centaurianess," p. 231 -
- she refers only to this single story but that is plenty.
I need to return to serious sf and will start with Anderson's "Kyrie" and with the question whether this story could fit into his Technic History.
("Kyrie" was published in The Farthest Reaches (1968) edited by Joseph Elder.)
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
"Captive" was not the only story where we see Anderson humorously playing with implausible spaceships. There was also THE MAKESHIFT ROCKET/A BICYCLE BUILT FOR BREW (1962). I still remember how much that story made me laugh when I first read it! Also, if I recall correctly, Anderson gave a good deal of thought to how the makeshift rocket of that story might work.
Ad astra! Sean
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